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Dear lads and lasses,

The two finest teams in world football will contest a titanic pre-season ticklefest.

In what will surely be José's biggest challenge yet, Chelsea will need to brave snakes, spiders and drop bears before even getting a glimpse of their opponents. How will the ageing John Terry cope with Marc Janko, the most prolific Austrian hitman since...never mind. Will Eden Hazard stack up against the rampaging Sebastian Ryall? Will 17 year old Alex Gersbach, playing at left back, a Chelsea fan, sh*t his pants?

There are further unconfirmed rumours that any ShedEnder, on presentation of their username, receives one free beer.

Im so there. Excited as f**k.

Shame it's in Sydney...but hopefully I'll still get there.

 

I've been wanting Chelsea to come to Australia for years, but June 2 is kind of an awkward date.

Very exciting news but sadly with it being in Sydney and with it being on June 2 the timing isn't great for mine to attend.

A match in South East Asia would be most welcomed, seen them in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta in recent years.... time they came to Singapore!

A match in South East Asia would be most welcomed, seen them in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta in recent years.... time they came to Singapore!

Yep a Tuesday game is a nightmare if you're not in Sydney. It's also a nightmare if you live in Sydney too because of traffic...

Chelsea's last minute decision means ANZ is booked out for Rugby League already, and they can't postpone the tour until later in June because of the international tour. I imagine this will be part of a post-season tour of Asia to acknowledge the new sponsor.

Don't think they will be going to Korea anymore....

Yep a Tuesday game is a nightmare if you're not in Sydney. It's also a nightmare if you live in Sydney too because of traffic...

Chelsea's last minute decision means ANZ is booked out for Rugby League already, and they can't postpone the tour until later in June because of the international tour. I imagine this will be part of a post-season tour of Asia to acknowledge the new sponsor.

If ANZ is booked out then I suspect Sydney Football Stadium (Allianz Stadium) will host the match. 

Edited April 24, 201511 yr by Jezz

Should bring it to the MCG instead.

A post-season friendly? What a great idea...

Glad that its early in June, as its a bloody long trek!

So that's possibly us playing on four continents in the space of a few months. Not ideal but this is the business of modern football and having the league champions on a 'world tour' will be great for expanding the brand.

We should do a pre season in syria. Having isis supporting us would really give us great exposure.

Joke, joke, joke!

Austrian hitman?  SydneyChelsea:  You need to do a proofread of your post before you hit "send".    Viduka was a pretty good Australian stiker, and I have a thing for Cahill's forehead (to me, one of the best headers of the ball ever).

Obviously it's great to expand the Chelsea brand and it enables fans across the world to see Chelsea in the flesh, but I thought this years pre-season in England and Europe was a big benefit to us.

 

Actually didn't see the date, looks like it's at the end of the season rather than a pre-season.

Edited April 24, 201511 yr by RichardCFC

We should do a pre season in syria. Having isis supporting us would really give us great exposure.

Joke, joke, joke!

 

I think their team is probably a bit further north.

If ANZ is booked out then I suspect Sydney Football Stadium (Allianz Stadium) will host the match.

Too expensive, although obviously every Sydney FC fan would prefer it. Events hosted at ANZ have a significant amount of cost underwritten by government leading to way more profit for the organisers/promoter.

Austrian hitman? SydneyChelsea: You need to do a proofread of your post before you hit "send". Viduka was a pretty good Australian stiker, and I have a thing for Cahill's forehead (to me, one of the best headers of the ball ever).

Marc Janko is Austrian.

Mark Viduka is Australian.

Tim Cahill is a c**t.

You had me fooled.    Sorry about that.  

We should do a pre season in syria. Having isis supporting us would really give us great exposure.

Joke, joke, joke!

ISIS actually bans football in the areas it controls!

Edited April 25, 201511 yr by Jezz

Pleased for our Australian fans, well, those who aren't too far away from Sydney.

I live in Canberra so would be likely to drive up

Edited April 25, 201511 yr by Guest

I'm in Auckland NZ. I'll most likely fly over as long as flights stay around $170 each way. 

 

Went to the bridge quite a few times in 2012 but will be great to see the lads again. I can't imagine Chelsea playing with any intensity whatsoever after a long season- Sydney will probably win it haha.

Edited April 25, 201511 yr by gussy122

I'm in Auckland NZ. I'll most likely fly over as long as flights stay around $170 each way.

Went to the bridge quite a few times in 2012 but will be great to see the lads again. I can't imagine Chelsea playing with any intensity whatsoever after a long season- Sydney will probably win it haha.

It's more a post-season than a pre-season tour. The players must be cursing :-)